Thanksgiving 2018

November is usually uneventful, but I got to play a gig at Angels Stadium in Anaheim...
It was really fun to jam again with really good musicians...
And I got some pics with some really cool people!!

Our Thanksgivings are usually quiet as Pat has to work the whole month. The Fall Races are happening at Del Mar.  So we invite all of our friends who don't have family in town or aren't going to family for the holiday and our own family. This Thanksgiving, our boys from Vegas flew down for the holiday. Which is cool, because they usually work on Black Friday.  But they flew back early on Friday and we got see them for 2 days!! My mom and step dad came down and my friend and her son came over. We had a house full watching football and drinking mimosas!!

We always eat Thanksgiving DINNER...because it's DINNER!!! Pat gets home at around 430pm so we eat after that!
This year I changed up the menu seeing how I have been getting into cooking different recipes  and going outside of the box for some fun new meals..
We did Tri Tips from Cardiff Seaside Market this year called, "Cardiff Crack". It's amazing! This isn't a great picture...but it was AWESOME!!!

I made homemade Chimichurri Sauce...OMG!! The best thing ever with Beef!!

Corn Salsa...which was bomb!

Homemade Corn Bread and Balsamic Honey Green Beans and a small 8 lb. turkey.

We had a great time and the food was AMAZING!!
 I think the Tri Tip is going to be a Tradition every year!!

Enjoy the Ride!!!
P & S

Summer 2018

As our summers go. We usually don't go anywhere because Pat works everyday in the Summer. I usually go down once a week sometimes twice, just to hang out with him for a couple hours. 

But in August 2018, I had friend who needed me to visit and support and just be there and give advice. We had a great time and I was in a new place I had NEVER been before. I flew to Seattle then got on an Indiana Jones plane and flew to an Island. That was really cool. It's a full day of travel but well worth it. I stayed 4 days on the island. Got to go on a boat to another Island for lunch. We're so fancy!! Got to see dolphins and the the border of Canada to Vancouver. Which is crazy! 

You can see the wheel of the plane!! hahaha!!! 

It's really cool ride to the Island...Orcas Island

CANADA!!

My friends dog ELVIS...

cool ole hound...

Boat to lunch and a beer!!!

Really fun trip...Next time Pat will go with me and we'll go to Canada while we're there!!!

Enjoy the Ride!!!

P & S

Next on the Agenda...Las Vegas!!

But first...my new BDAY present and new Kitchen Gadget that I use daily......

DUH DUH DUH...

INSTANT POT

BEST THING EVAH!!!

And we did our 23 and Me....

OK...so onto the trip...
VEGAS with the KIDS!!! Had a lot of fun...so not a lot of pictures!!! HAHAHA!!

see...all by the pool...we had a great day but the pool and then we walked the strip -not that way- and watched the Mirage Volcano, the Bellagio Fountains and got a footlong Daiquiri Slurpee with 2 extra shots!!! WOOHOO!!

Enjoy the Ride!!!
P & S

College Tour 2018

Now off to a College tour of San Fransisco State University and Chico State.
We started off the Road trip in Vista then up to San Fransisco then up to Chico. Didn't realize how north we actually were!!

Started off early and headed out!!
I yelped restaurants for lunch and found this place in SLO...
It was in a neighborhood and really really good!!!

Then off to SF...
Had Hotel rooms in Downtown SF!! DIVA Hotel...appropriate...

Good nights sleep after a long drive. Had a late dinner then up and at'em in the morning...
SFSU has such a pretty campus. We toured for a couple hours and saw what we needed to see and asked all of our questions.
So we headed into the city to see some sights. Pier 39, where we had lunch at Boudin's. The across the bridge to head to Chico State.

On the other side of the bridge we saw something for Pat...
NASCAR racetrack

SF to Chico...LOOOONNNGG drive...but again..we had hotel rooms to rest and take showers. We found a really good restaurant to eat and grab a much needed beer.

Made a couple stops on the way home to see the fam and catch up with an old friend..

It was a successful trip and the choice was...............................................................................................

SFSU

We were very very very tired when we got home from this adventure. So we had an extra day or two off!!!! But well worth it!!

As Always

Enjoy the Ride!!!

P & S

Universal Studios!!! March 2018

Yes!! We finally made it to Universal Studios and Harry Potter!!! Soooooo fun!!!!
We got wands, Duff Beer, ate at Krusty Burger and went to Jurassic Park. Had too much fun.

We had a car full for this trip!!!
So the fun was at the very start!!!

Harry Potter was first and foremost!! We rode all the rides in the land then went back at night to see it at night...so incredible.

We then went on the tram to see the backlot because we had 2 with us who had never been before so we wanted them to have the WHOLE experience!!

We needed lunch and BEER!!

We HAD to go on Jurassic Park!!

Pat lost his hat, but it was saved by some guys face 3 rows back!
When we went back to Harry Potter land before we headed home..

 This was the end of the night and we had a blast...we will DEF go back!!!

As always

Enjoy the Ride!!!
P & S